Amy Carroll is a certified personal trainer, sports nutritionist, ACE health coach, Life Coach - John Maxwell Team, and is an instructor at the YMCA. Carroll is also a CPR instructor in BLS and Heartsavers (www.amycarrolltraining.com).

Fitness Tip: Sleeping Swan for Runners

Posted Friday, October 6, 2017, at 4:52 AM

Targets: outer hip and hip flexor
1. Take your left knee forward, externally rotating your thigh.
2. Place a block or a blanket (if desired) under your thigh (near your knee).
3. Keep your left shin as parallel to the front of the mat as is comfortable.
4. Fold forward to the degree you safely can, avoiding sensation in the knee.
Hold, repeat on the other side.
You will release two tight areas (your outer hip on the forward leg and the hip flexor of the back leg) and promote proper hip function.